This video shows the advant garde work of Sócrates Corona, a performance artist based in Oaxaca. I was enjoying one of many beautiful Oaxacain nights when I discovered a crowd of people hypnotized by one very original street performer. Later that week I saw Sócrates at a local watering hole and we spoke briefly about his...
Some people you can’t help but to love upon first introduction. Pedro and Alessandra are exactly the kind of people you want to meet when you are traveling. Born in Mexico City by way of Minnesota, Pedro now lives with his girlfriend, Alessandra in Oaxaca. They are both veteran couchsurfers and hosted me during my visit...
I first met Jorge Gonzales after joining a group on Facebook called Afrobeat Center. Jorge, was a Ph.D. student at the University of San Diego and founded their Afromexican department. he and I exchanged many emails about the African presence in Mexico and Central America, which eventually lead to me contacting a group called Colectivo...
“Men of the South! It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees” -Emiliano Zapata- Mexican Revolutionary , Agrarianism champion Visit indigenouspeople.net for more on Zapata.
Monumento y Museo de la Revolucion ”National Monument and Museum of the Revolution”. Mexico City. Located within La Plaza de la República, the monument, is devoted to the Revolution of 1910. Housed underneath the monument is the Museum of the Revolution.
Afrobaby was a series of concept-house parties in Durham, NC- developed by myself and Artist/Author, King Kenney, one of my greatest friends in life. The idea arose from one of the many conversations we’ve had about good music, parties, and how to make Durham a funkier place to live. We came up with Afrobaby- a...
